Information on how to become a Member of the Friends of The TMC Library.
The mission of The Friends of The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Library is to support and promote The TMC Library.
The Friends’ goals are to:
The TMC Library is a premier leader in the delivery and development of biomedical information to the Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas and the nation. The Library was founded in 1949 to serve the physicians in Harris County, Texas.In addition to making biomedical information available to area healthcare professionals and consumers, the Library serves the students, faculty, researchers and staff of Baylor College Medicine, UTHealth and forty-seven other institutions in the Texas Medical Center. As the Regional Medical Library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, The TMC Library provides information to medical professionals and consumers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Individuals, medical associations and societies, hospitals, corporations and foundations are invited to become members of the Friends, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Since 2006, the Friends have provided $50,000 for books and journals in the Library’s collection, $30,000 for public health information, $4,000 for lectures, and $25,000 for staff development.
Board of Directors 2012-2013
John E. Wolf, Jr., MD, MA, President
Michael Speer, MD, Vice President
Herbert L. Fred, MD, MACP, Secretary
Lynn C. Yeoman, PhD, Treasurer
Jennifer M. Bell
Bryant Boutwell, DrPH
L. Maximilian Buja, MD
Francis I. Catlin, MD
David B. Cripps
Michael C. DuBose
Kathy Hoffman, MLS
Mr. Jonathan E. Iszard
Adrian S. Melissinos, PhD, RN
Ms. Betsy Parish
Harold Raley, PhD
Christopher Sanderson
A. William "Bill" St. Clair
Mr. S. Conrad Weil, Jr.
Advisory Board 2012-2013
Mrs. Carolyn Alexander
Mrs. Kenneth E. Bentsen
Earl J. Brewer, Jr., MD
Robin Burke Britt, EdD, RNC
Mrs. Rogene Gee Calvert
Mrs. Lora Clemmons
Mr. Gail Crawford
Mr. James L. Daniel, Jr.
Lois DeBakey, PhD
Ms. Selma DeBakey
Mrs. Carolyn Hamilton
Nancy Luca, PhD
Mr. Hart Peebles
Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Esq.
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, MD
Mr. Philip Patrick Sun, AIA, ACHA
Richard E. Wainerdi, PE, PhD